Mocking the law, judges rule that evidence is not necessary to hold insignificant Guantánamo prisoners for the rest of their lives
Andy Worthington laments how a politicized appeals court in the US has destroyed all notion of justice at Guantanamo.
Habeas hell: How the Great Writ was gutted at Guantánamo
Andy Worthington analyzes how the Guantanamo prisoners' habeas corpus petitions have been rendered meaningless by judges and the Obama administration.
Anwar Al-Awlaqi: Judge rules that President's decision to assassinate US citizens abroad, without due process or explanation, is "judicially unreviewable"
Andy Worthington reports on a US judge's distressing failure to challenge the Obama administration's "targeted killing" programme for US citizens.
Aafia Siddiqui
Heart for the fight - round 2
As I think of the sentence of our sister Aafia Siddiqui and indeed all the other prisoners, so many of them are people who lived their lives for the sake of Allah alone and were amongst the best of us, and thus do the promises of Allah come true.
By one vote, US court OKs torture and “extraordinary rendition”
Andy Worthington analyzes last week's depressing US court ruling, denying justice to torture victims under the guise of "state secrets."
Nine years after 9/11, US court concedes that international laws of war restrict President’s wartime powers
Andy Worthington dissects an important, but little-noticed struggle in the US courts regarding the President's wartime powers.
Federal judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee for lack of evidence
The US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday released a partially redacted opinion ordering the release of Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif for lack of evidence.
Son, I would prefer to see you die in prison
The passing away of the father of Shaykh Ali al-Tamimi brings with it recollection of the courage of the family.
Guantánamo Algerian returns home; Will Obama suspend further transfers?
The story of Abdul Aziz Naji, forcibly repatriated from Guantanamo to Algeria last week - and calls for no further transfers.
Obama and US Courts repatriate Algerian from Guantánamo against his will; may be complicit in torture
In pursuing the first enforced repatriation of a Guantanamo prisoner, Obama and the US courts may be complicit in torture.
Events
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My Name is Ahsan – Public Meeting on Unjust Extradition of British Citizens to the US
Syed Talha Ahsan is the little-known co-defendant of Babar Ahmad. Ahsan has been diagnosed with…
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Syria's Zero Hour
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CASABLANCA PRISONERS 9 YEARS ON
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Glasgow: Guantanamo Remembered - 10 years
Cageprisoners comes to Al- Furqan…
What's New
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Guantánamo leaks lift lid on world's most controversial prison
• Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts• Children, elderly and mentally ill among those wrongfully held• 172 prisoners remain, some…
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Casablanca bombings, the day after
Nine years after Morocco experienced the deadliest attacks in its recent…
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Abu Zubaydah, the man justice has forgotten
Arrested in 2002 and tortured repeatedly, he was never charged, and the…
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Angola 3: A lesson for Muslim causes
April 17th marked 40 years – over 14,600 days - that Herman Wallace…
Blog
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War on Freedom
It’s clear what’s happened to Muslims in the West – they’re the new enemies of the state.
Written by Aviva Stahl
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Close Guantanamo Bay Prison
Since the war on terror began in 2001, 700+ people have been…
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The Afghan Connection: the War on Terror an opiate cash cow
Afghanistan is the world's leading supplier of illegal opiates, trafficked as opium,…

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